Competitions · Spain

Barcelona Open 2024

Barcelona · 30 November 2024 · 9 events · 95 competitors · 104 personal bests

Arnau Tous Mateu won five of the nine events (3×3 Fewest Moves, Clock, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Anatole Volongo by 0.27 seconds. 95 competitors produced 104 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Albert Mandicó Sampol set the 3×3 single national record: 7.58.

Five wins

Arnau Tous Mateu — 3×3 Fewest Moves, Clock, Megaminx, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.27s

closest final — 3×3, Anatole Volongo over Nicolas Gertner Kilian

104

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Anatole Volongo	5.70	7.45
2×2	Diego Fraile	1.43	2.09
3×3 blindfolded	Pavlo Bondar (Павло Бондар)	43.10	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Arnau Tous Mateu	23 moves	—
Clock	Arnau Tous Mateu	4.18	5.48
Megaminx	Arnau Tous Mateu	46.12	50.81
Pyraminx	Arnau Tous Mateu	2.15	2.94
Skewb	Arnau Tous Mateu	2.95	3.43
Square-1	Oscar Sánchez Najarro	9.02	11.36

The PB harvest

104 set · 40 still standing

Diego Fraile — 2×2 single 0.80: into the top 0.23% of the event's history.
Àlex Domingo Risco — 2×2 single 0.83: into the top 0.27% of the event's history.
Nicolas Gertner Kilian — 2×2 single 0.86: into the top 0.31% of the event's history.
Oscar Sánchez Najarro — 2×2 single 1.03: into the top 0.62% of the event's history.
Artur Miralles Hernàndez — 3×3 single 7.88: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Tiago Sassone — Pyraminx single 3.51: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Pol Juny Sánchez — 3×3 single 9.37: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Jack Silva Suárez — 2×2 single 2.30: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

95 competitors · 675 results · 9 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Anatole Volongo won it with a 7.45 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1D' F B2 U2 F2 R2 D F2 D' F2 D L B L D L U2 F' L R'
2L2 B2 U F2 D' F2 D2 F2 L2 D' L2 D' R D' R2 B U' L2 R
3U2 R' D2 L U2 B2 L D2 L2 R' B2 U F2 R' B2 F2 R' D2 B D
4R' D' B R' D2 R' F L' B R' B2 L' B2 L U2 L2 D2 R D
5D L' F2 D2 L U2 R2 F D L' U F' B' R2 F2 B' L2 U2 R2

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

95 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.